VOA标准英语2013--Global Initiative Unveils Six-Year Plan to Eradicate Polio
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(四月)
Global Initiative Unveils Six-Year Plan to Eradicate 1 Polio
A new campaign has been announced to eradicate polio. The six-year plan costing $5.5 billion was unveiled Thursday at the Global Vaccine 2 Summit in Abu Dhabi.
The Global Polio Initiative says the plan is the first that aims to eradicate all types of polio – the wild poliovirus and vaccine derived 3 cases. Health officials say on rare occasions, the live, but weakened poliovirus in the oral vaccine may genetically 4 alter in the immunized person’s gut 5 triggering the disease.
If all the funding comes through, more than one billion children could be vaccinated 6. UNICEF, the U.N. children’s fund, describes ending polio as a historic feat 7 for humanity.
“This is really the beginning of the end. We’re tantalizingly 8 close to eradicating 9 polio and really making history. So it’s an extraordinary opportunity,” said UNICEF spokesperson Sarah Crowe.
"Never before have there been fewer cases in fewer places,” she said.
There were 223 cases reported last year and just 19 so far this year.
“We must seize this opportunity because if we don’t make history – and we last made history, the grand we, was smallpox 10. The last time a disease was eradicated,” she said.
That was 1979. But the world was close to polio eradication 11 before. It was nearly achieved in 2005, but immunization faltered 12 in some countries, like Nigeria. So what’s different now?
Crowed said, “Because we’ve never been as close. We’re down now to three endemic countries in the world – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. And in those cases there are really just a handful of children who have been affected 13 by polio this year. So we’ve never seen that kind of a drop-off in history.”
At the Global Vaccine Summit, leaders and philanthropists have pledged nearly three-quarters of the funding. $1.5 billion in pledges is still needed.
The polio eradication plan is seen as part of an overall effort to provide vaccines 14 to children around the world.
- These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
- They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。
- The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
- She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
- Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
- It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
- My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
- I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
- Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？
- Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
- He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。
- A band of caribou passed by, twenty and odd animals, tantalizingly within rifle range. 一群驯鹿走了过去，大约有二十多头，都呆在可望而不可即的来福枪的射程以内。 来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命
- She smiled at him tantalizingly. 她引诱性地对他笑着。 来自互联网
- Objective: To study the acute and chronic toxicity of Ten-flavor-acne eradicating-capsule. 目的：探讨复方中药合剂十味平痤胶囊的急性及慢性毒性。
- We are on the verge of eradicating polio in the world. 我们已在世界消除小儿？痹症的边缘了。
- In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.1742年，他染上了致命的天花。
- Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？
- The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
- This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。
- He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
- "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着：“这孩子脑袋真长。”
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。